Sub-Saharan African countries (n = 22) | Non-African countries (n = 22) | Total (n = 44) | P value | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Maternal mortality ratio | |||||||
MMR 2012 MMR 2015 | 518 480 | 193 185 | 126 114 | 98 90 | 322 297 | 250 235 | 0.00 0.00 |
Gender empowerment measures | |||||||
GEI 2012a GGI 2012a SIGI 2012b | 0.51 0.65 0.32 | 0.13 0.05 0.12 | 0.59 0.67 0.24 | 0.15 0.06 0.11 | 0.55 0.66 0.28 | 0.14 0.06 0.12 | 0.07 0.44 0.02 |
Economic | |||||||
GDP per capita 2012c | 2485 | 1467 | 5881 | 2428 | 4183 | 2623 | 0.00 |
Political | |||||||
Freedom House Index 2012a Corruption Index 2012a | 8.4 32.6 | 4.3 6.6 | 8.9 31.2 | 3.6 7.0 | 8.6 31.9 | 3.9 6.7 | 0.69 0.49 |
Health | |||||||
Skilled Birth Attendance 2007–2014d Total Fertility Rate 2015 | 59.0 4.9 | 17.4 0.9 | 82.6 2.6 | 19.2 0.8 | 70.8 3.7 | 21.7 1.4 | 0.00 0.00 |